Abstract: Contact fatigue is a main fatigue mode of gears such as those used in wind turbines, due to heavy duties occurring in engineering practice. The understanding of the gear contact fatigue should be based on the interaction ...

Abstract: The application of polymer gears in power transmission has been considered recently due to their advantages over metal gears, e.g., lighter weights and lower costs. Much further research work needs to be carried out to ...

Abstract: Polyketone (PK) is an environmentally friendly engineering plastic with good wear resistance and shows potential in gear applications. In this work, the durability of PK gears under various lubrication conditions was ...